Face and airway developer appliance and method

A method for treating a patient's sleep disordered breathing, the method comprising:

• placing a fulcrum of an appliance on a forehead of the patient, wherein the appliance comprises:
• an extra-oral portion comprising a lever including the fulcrum and a rigid lever arm slidingly attached to the fulcrum, wherein the rigid lever arm has a first end disposed above the fulcrum and a second end disposed below the fulcrum, wherein the extra-oral portion further includes a headstrap set attached to the rigid lever arm at a first location disposed above the fulcrum and adjacent to the first end;
• and
• an intra-oral strap assembly connected to the rigid lever arm at a second location disposed below the fulcrum and adjacent to the second end of the rigid lever arm;
• placing the headstrap set about a top portion of the head of the patient;
• attaching the intra-oral strap assembly to an intra-oral feature of the patient;
• and
• forcing the second end and the second location of the rigid lever arm away from the head by adjusting the headstrap set to pull on the first location of the rigid lever arm disposed above the fulcrum, such that the intra-oral strap assembly is placed into tension to pull on the intra-oral feature of the patient.